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See more awards » Videos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10 X After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as distress call, their landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious lifeform. Continuing their journey back to Earth with the attacked crew having recovered and the critter deceased, they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun. Director: Ridley Scott The moon from Alien (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough? Director: James Cameron During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe.

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Director: Richard Kelly 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X In future Britain, Alex DeLarge, a charismatic and psycopath delinquent, who likes to practice crimes and ultra-violence with his gang, is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem - but not all goes according to plan. Director: Stanley Kubrick A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. Director: Stanley Kubrick Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown. Director: Robert Zemeckis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10 X It's the first week of winter in 1982.

An American Research Base is greeted by an alien force, that can assimilate anything it touches. It's up to the members to stay alive, and be sure of who is human, and who has become one of the Things. Director: John Carpenter Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader. Director: George Lucas Edit Storyline In the futuristic year of 2019, Los Angeles has become a dark and depressing metropolis, filled with urban decay. Rick Deckard, an ex-cop, is a "Blade Runner". Blade runners are people assigned to assassinate "replicants". The replicants are androids that look like real human beings. When four replicants commit a bloody mutiny on the Off World colony, Deckard is called out of retirement to track down the androids. As he tracks the replicants, eliminating them one by one, he soon comes across another replicant, Rachel, who evokes human emotion, despite the fact that she's a replicant herself.

As Deckard closes in on the leader of the replicant group, his true hatred toward artificial intelligence makes him question his own identity in this future world, including what's human and what's not human. Written by blazesnakes9 The original cut of the futuristic adventure. [Director's Cut] See more » Genres: Rated R for violence | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 25 June 1982 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $6,150,002 (USA) (25 June 1982) Gross: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| Dolby Stereo (35 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia As Gaff takes Deckard to see Bryant in his flying police car, a brief shot of a monitor appears which displays an 'Environmental CTR Purge' screen. The exact same screen is used in Alien (1979) as Ripley goes through the shuttle start-up procedure. See more » Goofs When Deckard enters the Bradbury building for his final confrontation with Pris and Roy, he enters the building at street level and walks up three flights of stairs before entering Sebastian's apartment.

During the fight with Roy, Deckard climbs out a window, and pulls himself one flight higher; at most he should be only four or five stories above the street. Yet when he attempts to jump to another building and fails to make the jump, suddenly he seems to be hanging hundreds of feet from the ground with flying cars passing under him in the far distance. See more » Quotes [first lines] Female announcer over intercom: Next subject: Kowalski, Leon. Engineer, waste disposal. File section: New employee, six days. See more » Crazy Credits In the "happy ending" Theatrical/International cuts, the credits play over the gorgeous scenery. In later Director/Final cuts, they play over a normal black background. See more » Connections Referenced in A:D (2005) See more » Soundtracks New Blu-Ray Disc Made Me A Blade Runner Fan 7 December 2008 | by ccthemovieman-1 (United States) – See all my reviews Sometimes you just need to give a film a second chance, even if it is 20 years later!

Only some rave reviews about the picture quality of this new 5-disc "Complete Collector's Edition" enticed me to watch this again. Wow, I am glad; this was a very entertaining and a tremendous visual and audio treat. I actually appreciated the audio best because, even in this new Blu-Ray era, one doesn't often find a film with very active surround speakers. However, this "restored" version did and the sound is, at the point, the best I've heard on a Blu-Ray disc....or any DVD, for that matter. The visuals? Well, fans of Blade Runner know all about them. They are fantastic. Scene-after-scene reminded me of a Stanley Kubrick film or another bizarre 1980s movie called "Jacob's Ladder." Because there are so many things to see and hear, and the story is different, one filled with strange characters, I can see where people would watch this film multiple times and enjoy it very much each time. The "Collector's Edition" has the best picture ever, according to director Ridley Scott, and "is the version I'm most pleased with." It has added scenes one didn't see in earlier versions. The rest of the DVD has those earlier versions.

Apparently, there are several including those with Harrison Ford doing narration, like out of a late '40s film noir. Speaking of the latter, that's what this film looked like: a combination film noir (or neo-noir) and sci-fi movie. It has many dark images, fantastic night-time scenes, wonderful closeups and an always-interesting color palette. Sci-fi films usually get dated in a hurry, thanks to ever-increasing special-effects progress in the movie industry, but this still looks very good. Despite being made over 25 years ago, Blade Runner still looks very much state-of-the-art. Scott says this is the best version and the best his film has ever looked and sounded. Since it's his movie, who am I to argue. So, if you're like me and never gave this movie a chance (I lost interest halfway through with my VHS look at it), give this a second look on this Blu-Ray edition....and you will be blown away. This is, indeed, an amazing film. 49 of 79 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes Blade Runner | Off-world: The Blade Runner Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia IMDb Page Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott , depicting a dystopic Los Angeles in November 2019. The screenplay , which was written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples , is loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick . The film itself features: Harrison Ford , Rutger Hauer , Sean Young , Edward James Olmos , M Emmet Walsh , Daryl Hannah , William Sanderson , Brion James , Joe Turkel and Joanna Cassidy ; lead designer: Syd Mead , soundtrack composer Vangelis . The film describes a future in which genetically manufactured beings called replicants are used for dangerous and degrading work in Earth 's " off-world colonies ." Built by the Tyrell Corporation to be 'more human than human', the Nexus-6 generation appear to be physically identical to humans — although they have superior strength and agility — while lacking comparable emotional responses and empathy. Replicants became illegal on Earth after a bloody mutiny. Specialist police units — blade runners — hunt down and "retire" (i.e., kill) escaped replicants on Earth.

With a particularly brutal and cunning group of replicants on the loose in Los Angeles, a reluctant Rick Deckard is recalled from semi-retirement for some of "the old blade runner magic." Blade Runner initially received polarized reviews from film critics, some who were confused and disappointed it didn't have the pacing expected from an action film, while others appreciated its thematic complexity. The film perfomed poorly in North American theaters while achieving success overseas. Despite poor early ticket sales, it was adored by fans and academia and quickly attained cult classic status. It gained such great popularity as a video rental, partly due to the film's ability to reward repeated viewing, that it was chosen to be one of the first DVDs to be released. Blade Runner has been widely hailed as a modern classic for its immersive special effects and prefiguring important themes and concerns of the 21st century. It has been praised as being one of the most influential films of all time because of its detailed and original setting, serving as a postmodern visual benchmark with its realistic depiction of a decayed future. Blade Runner brought author Philip K Dick to the attention of Hollywood, and numerous films have since been based on his literature.

Contents Edit Philip K Dick died before its release, yet did see a forty-minute test reel. The screenplay, by Hampton Fancher , attracted producer Michael Deeley (who secured several financing sources, later problematic when one delayed the release of the film's Special Edition) who convinced director Ridley Scott to create his first American film; Scott was unhappy with the script and had David Peoples rewrite it. The title derives from Alan E. Nourse's novel The Bladerunner (1974), whose protagonist smuggles black-market surgical instruments. William S. Burroughs' wrote Bladerunner, A Movie a cinema treatment. Aside from the title, neither Nourse's novel nor Burroughs's treatment are relevant to the film. Screenwriter Fancher happened upon a copy of Bladerunner, A Movie whilst Scott searched for a commercial title for his film; Scott liked the title, obtained rights to it, but not to the novel; (Note: some editions of Burroughs' treatment-novel use the two-word spacing: Blade Runner.) Blade Runner owes much to Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis.

Scott credits Edward Hopper's painting Nighthawks and the proto-cyberpunk short story comic "The Long Tomorrow" (by Dan O'Bannon, art by Moebius) as stylistic mood sources. Scott hired Syd Mead as conceptual artist, both were influenced by the French science fiction comic magazine Métal Hurlant (Heavy Metal), to which Moebius contributed. Moebius was offered pre-production of Blade Runner, he declined, to work on René Laloux's animated film [es Maîtres du temps — a decision Moebius later regretted. Lawrence G. Paull (production designer) and David Snyder (art director) realised Scott's and Mead's sketches. Jim Burns briefly worked designing the Spinner hovercars; Douglas Trumbull and Richard Yuricich supervised the special effects for the film. A police spinner flies alongside an advertising-laden skyscraper in LA. Prior to principal photography, Paul M. Sammon was commissioned by Cinefantastique magazine to do a special article on the making of Blade Runner. His detailed observations and research later became the book Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner , which is also called the Blade Runner Bible by the cult following of the film.

The book outlines not only the evolution of Blade Runner but the politics and difficulties on-set; particularly on Scott's expectations (coming from Britain) of his first American crew. Also, his directing style with actors created friction with the cast and likely contributed to Ford's subsequent reluctance to discuss the film. Synopsis In Los Angeles, November 2019 , Rick Deckard ( Harrison Ford ) is called out of retirement when an overconfident Blade Runner — Holden ( Morgan Paull ) — is shot during a Voight-Kampff test by Leon ( Brion James ), an escaped replicant. Tyrell dimming the sun. A reluctant Deckard is brought to his old boss Bryant ( M. Emmet Walsh ), who informs him that the recent escape of Nexus-6 replicants is the worst yet. Bryant briefs Deckard on the replicants: A total of six replicants have escaped on Earth. Roy Batty ( Rutger Hauer ) is a commando, Leon a soldier and manual laborer, Zhora ( Joanna Cassidy ) a sex worker retrained as an assassin, and Pris ( Daryl Hannah ) a 'basic pleasure model'.

Bryant also explains that the Nexus-6 model has a four-year lifespan as a failsafe against their developing unstable emotions. Deckard is teamed up with Gaff ( Edward James Olmos ) and sent to the Tyrell Corporation to ensure that the Voight-Kampff test works on Nexus-6 models. While there Deckard discovers that Tyrell 's ( Joe Turkel ) young secretary Rachael ( Sean Young ) is an experimental replicant with implanted memories which provide a cushion for her emotions. Deckard and Gaff then search Leon's apartment as Roy and Leon force Hannibal Chew ( James Hong ), an eye designer, to direct them to J.F. Sebastian ( William Sanderson ) who can lead them to Tyrell. Later, Rachael visits Deckard at his apartment to prove her humanity to him, but leaves in tears upon hearing that her memories are artificial. Pris meets up with Sebastian and takes advantage of his kind nature to gain access to his apartment. Clues from Leon's apartment lead Deckard to Taffy Lewis ' ( Hy Pyke ) bar where the tattooed Zhora is performing with a snake.

Zhora makes a desperate attempt to get away from Deckard into the crowded streets, yet Deckard tracks her down and "retires" her. After the shooting, Gaff and Bryant show up and inform Deckard that Rachael will also need to be "retired". Deckard conveniently spots Rachael in the distance, though as he follows her he is suddenly disarmed by Leon who then proceeds to beat him. Rachael kills Leon, saving Deckard's life, and they go back to Deckard's apartment where they discuss her options, and in a quiet moment of musical intimacy they begin to fall in love. Meanwhile, Roy arrives at Sebastian's apartment and with Pris' charms they convince Sebastian to help Roy meet Tyrell. Once in Tyrell's bedroom Roy demands an extension to his lifespan and requests absolution for his sins; upon receiving neither he kills Tyrell and Sebastian. The Bradbury Building Deckard is sent to Sebastian's apartment after the murders and is ambushed by Pris, though he manages to shoot her after a struggle. Roy returns moments later, trapping Deckard in the apartment and playfully hunting him throughout the dilapidated Bradbury Building , eventually forcing him to the roof.

Deckard attempts a jump to another building and ends up desperately hanging from a beam. Roy easily makes the jump and stares down at Deckard — just as Deckard loses his grip Roy grabs his wrist and saves his life. Roy is deteriorating quickly (his 4-year lifespan is up) as he sits down in the rain and eloquently marvels at the highlights of his life and concludes, "All those moments... will be lost... in time... like... tears in rain. Time... to die." Roy quietly dies as Deckard looks on in silence. Gaff arrives in a spinner shortly afterward and, as he's leaving, cryptically shouts, "It's too bad she won't live, but then again, who does?" Deckard returns to his apartment and cautiously enters when he sees the door is ajar. He finds Rachael alive and as they leave Deckard comes across an origami calling card left by Gaff; he has allowed them to escape, and they depart toward an uncertain future together. Themes Edit Blade Runner had a significant number of then-unknown actors in its cast: Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard.

Coming off some success with Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope , but still a year before Raiders of the Lost Ark was released, Ford was looking for a role with dramatic depth. After Steven Spielberg praised Ford and showed some Raiders rushes to Michael Deeley and Ridley Scott they got Ford onboard. Due to the initially poor reception of Blade Runner and friction with Scott, Ford has usually avoided discussing the film. Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty. Hauer gave a brief performance as the violent yet complex leader of replicants with nothing to lose. Sean Young as Rachael. The picture of female "perfection" at 22 years old, Young still counts Blade Runner among her favorite films, despite friction with Ford and Scott as a result of her inexperience and young age. Edward James Olmos as Gaff. Olmos used his diverse ethnic background to help create the Cityspeak his character uses in the film. This helps, along with his cane, to create mystery around a character whose exact role isn't clarified while he observes and comments (through his origami) on Deckard. Daryl Hannah as Pris. Hannah managed to bring out the dangerous innocence of a replicant in love with Roy Batty. Gaff with his cane.

Roy (left) meets his maker, Tyrell. Supporting roles: Morgan Paull as Holden . Holden didn't have much of a chance when going up against a Nexus-6 for the first time, but he did manage to draw his gun while being shot and warn Deckard about the replicants in a deleted hospital scene. Brion James as Leon . Although at first glance a dumb replicant used for muscle, Leon did have an undertone of intuitive intelligence that helped him nearly kill Holden, torture Chew and beat Deckard. M. Emmet Walsh as Captain Bryant. Walsh lived up to his reputation as a great character actor with the role of a hard drinking police veteran. Joe Turkel as Dr. Eldon Tyrell . With a confident penetrating voice and a panache for self-aggrandizement, this corporate mogul directed scientific progress to create a successful enterprise built on a gradual recreation of slavery with few sympathetic characteristics. James Hong as Hannibal Chew. An elder geneticist who loves his work, especially with synthesizing eyes. William Sanderson as J.F. Sebastian, a quiet and lonely genius who provides a compassionate yet compliant portrait of humanity. This led to more varied work for Sanderson.

Ben Astar as Abdul Ben-Hassan . Hy Pyke as Taffey Lewis . Despite only having one scene, Pyke conveys Lewis' sleasiness with ease and apparently with one take; something unheard of with Scott's drive for perfection resulting at times in double digit takes. Joanna Cassidy as Zhora. In a limited time Cassidy conveys a strong woman who has seen the worst humanity has to offer, and her death has a profound impact on Deckard. Reception For more, see Awards Won . Influence Edit Roy Batty ( Rutger Hauer ) with a dove. Initially avoided by North American audiences, Blade Runner was popular internationally and has become a cult classic. The film's popularity and cult status has made it popular to reference in other media. The television show Futurama has made multiple references to Blade Runner, and the shows Cutting It and Stargate SG-1 have used quotes from the film. Actor William Sanderson , who played Sebastian, voiced a similar character in the cartoon series Batman: The Animated Series. In the action film The 6th Day, a virtual psychologist says, "You seem to be avoiding talking about your parents.

Imagine, two turtles are walking through the desert..." The film is often thought to have inspired William Gibson's Neuromancer.Template:Ref Gibson has said in interviews that he was already writing Neuromancer when Blade Runner was released, and was actually inspired by the implied background of the film Alien. The film arguably marks the introduction of the cyberpunk genre into popular culture. Blade Runner continues to reflect modern trends and concerns, and an increasing number consider it one of the greatest science fiction films of all time.Template:RefTemplate:Ref The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1993 and is frequently used in university courses. Its memorable quotations and soundtrack have made it the most musically sampled film of the 20th century. "Ridley Scott's film remains the defining vision of futuristic science fiction." – Steve Biodrowski Blade Runner also served to influence the cyberpunk role-playing game, Shadowrun, the seminal computer game System Shock and the Syndicate games. Iron Maidens' album "Somewhere in Time" features artwork influenced by the city scenes in the movie.

The song "More Human Than Human" by White Zombie, found on their 1995 album "Astro Creep:2000" is a direct reference to the film, which was a favorite of Rob Zombie's at the time. The song's title as the tagline of the Tyrell Corporation is obvious. Near the end of the song, the lyrics "I am the nexus one, I want more life, fucker, I ain't done" are inspired by Roy Batty's conversation with Eldon Tyrell. The Fear Factory album Demanufacture features a song entitled "Replica" which was influenced by the movie. Versions See the main article on Blade Runner versions Five versions of the film exist: The original 1982 international cut, which included more graphic violence than the U.S. theatrical release, and which was released on VHS and on Criterion Collection Laserdisc. The U.S. theatrical version, also called the domestic cut.

A workprint version, shown only as an audience test preview and occasionally at film festivals; This version was distributed in 1991, as a Director's Cut without Scott's approval (and was later included on the 2012 30th Anniversary Blu-ray set). The Ridley Scott-approved 1992 Director&apos;s Cut, prompted by the unauthorized 1991 release. A fifth version, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, was shown in theaters in Los Angeles and New York in October, 2007. A 3-DVD set and a 5-disc Blu-ray set followed in 2007. It was then re-released on Blu-ray for the film's 30th anniversary in 2012. Music Edit Vangelis, fresh off of his wikipedia:Academy Award winning score from Chariots of Fire, composed and performed the music on his synthesizers. The musicscape of the 2019 was created in Vangelis' "space" mode of new age music, as heard on such albums of his as Heaven and Hell . He also made use of various chimes and the vocals of collaborator Demis Roussos.

Ridley Scott also used "Memories of Green" from Vangelis' album See You Later (an orchestral version of which Scott would later use in his film Someone To Watch Over Me). "Both emotional and unsettling, the Blade Runner score plays off conflict (discord versus harmony, light against dark) for a rich, textured tapestry of sound." – musicoutfitter.com Despite the promise of a soundtrack album from Polydor Records in the end titles of the film, the release of the original soundtrack recording was delayed for over a decade. There are two official releases of the music from Blade Runner. In light of the lack of a release of an album, The New American Orchestra recorded an orchestral adaptation in 1982 which bore little resemblance to the original. Some of the film tracks would in 1989 surface on the compilation Themes, but it wasn't until the 1992 release of the Director's Cut version would a substantial amount of the film's score see the light of day. However, while most of the tracks on the album are from the film, there were a few that Vangelis composed but were ultimately not used and some new pieces.

Many do not consider this to be a satisfying representation of the score. These delays and poor reproductions led to the production of many bootleg recordings over the years. A bootleg tape surfaced in 1982 at science fiction conventions and became popular given the delay of an official release of the original recordings, and in 1993 "Off World Music, Ltd." created a bootleg CD that would prove more comprehensive than Vangelis' official CD in 1994. A disc from "Gongo Records" features most of the same material, but with slightly better sound quality. In 2003, two other bootlegs surfaced, the "Esper Edition," closely preceded by "Los Angeles - November 2019." The double disc "Esper Edition" combined tracks from the official release, the Gongo boot and the film itself. Finally "2019" provided a single disc compilation almost wholly consisting of ambient sound from the film, padded out with some sounds from the Westwood game "Blade Runner." The Gongo release is considered the best presentation of the music, while Los Angeles - November 2019 and the Esper Edition are excellent mementos of the film.

"Dreamy, evocative, beautiful and essential." – moviegrooves.com Documentaries Edit From the Edge documentary, featuring the Blade Runner screenwriters Fancher (left) and Peoples (now friends). On the Edge of Blade Runner (55 minutes), produced in 2000 by Nobles Gate Ltd. (for Channel 4), was directed by Andrew Abbott and hosted/written by Mark Kermode, and will be included in the Special Edition. Interviews with production staff, including Ridley give details into the creative process and turmoil during preproduction. Stories from Paul M. Sammon and Fancher provide insight into Philip K Dick and the origins of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Interweaved are cast interviews with the notable exceptions of Harrison Ford and Sean Young . Through these interviews we get a sense of how difficult and frustrating the film was to make as a result of an exacting director without allies and hot, wet, smoggy conditions; which added to the high pressure atmosphere everyone increasingly felt as the film went over budget.

There is also a tour of some locations, most notably the Bradbury Building and the Warner Brothers backlot that was the LA 2019 streets, which look very different from Ridley's dark version. The documentary then details the test screenings postproduction editing/changes (voice over and happy ending, deleted Holden hospital scene), special effects, soundtrack by Vangelis, and the unhappy relationship between the filmmakers and the investors; which culminated in Deeley and Ridley being fired but still working on the film. The question of whether or not Deckard is a replicant surfaces. After being a "disaster" in the box office (a financial loss initially) Blade Runner was reborn in the video rental market, and a great reception of a chance screening of Ridley's workprint at the Fairfax Theater, Los Angeles, in May 1990 led to Warner Bros. having the "Director's Cut" done by film archivist Michael Arick. Future Shocks (27 minutes), a more recent documentary from 2003 by TVOntario (as part of their Film 101 series), has interviews with executive producer Bud Yorkin, Syd Mead , and the cast along with Sean Young , but again without Harrison Ford .

There is extensive commentary by science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer and film critics as the documentary focuses on the themes, visual impact and influence of the film. Olmos goes into Ford's participation and personal experiences during filming are related by Young, Walsh, Cassidy and Sanderson. They also relate a story where crew members created t-shirts which took pot shots at Ridley. The versions of the film are critiqued and how closely Blade Runner predicted the future is discussed. Novel See also: Differences Between the Novel and Film The original screenplay by Hampton Fancher was based loosely on Philip K Dick 's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which he optioned in 1980 after an unsuccesful previous attempt. However, Fancher's script focused more on environmental issues and less on issues of humanity and faith, which weighed heavily in the novel. When Ridley Scott became involved with the film, he wanted changes to the script made, and eventually hired David Peoples to perform the re-writes after Fancher refused.

The film's title also changed several times during the writing process, it was to be called Dangerous Days in Fancher's last draft before eventually taking the name Blade Runner, actually borrowed (with permission) from a William S. Burroughs science fiction novel titled Blade Runner: A Movie. As a result of Fancher's divergence from the novel, numerous re-writes before and throughout shooting the film and Ridley Scott never having entirely read the novel it was based on, the film diverged significantly from its original inspiration. The changes have led many critics and fans to consider them as independent works of fiction; despite the fact Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was reprinted for a time with the title Blade Runner to help promote sales. Some of the themes in the novel that were minimized or entirely removed include fertility/sterility of the population, religion, mass media, Deckard's uncertainty that he is human, real versus synthetic pets, and emotions. Sequels Edit Three official and authorized Blade Runner novels have been written by Philip K Dick's friend K. W. Jeter that continue the story of Rick Deckard and attempt to resolve many of the differences between Blade Runner and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.

The novel Blade Runner 2 contains numerous inconsistencies with the film, however, including the resurrection of a dead character and a complete reworking of the nature of another. The final result is more of an alternate universe than a direct sequel. Blade Runner 4: Eye and Talon (2000) David Peoples, who co-wrote Blade Runner and wrote the 1998 film Soldier , has said that Soldier is intended to be a "sidequel" to Blade Runner. Soldier takes place in the same universe, and the spinners used in Blade Runner are also used in Soldier. However, Soldier is an unofficial sidequel, as it was never formally approved by the Blade Runner partnership, who own the rights to the elements of Blade Runner that appear in Soldier, and to that overall universe. Though not an official sequel to Blade Runner, many fans have noted the similarity of the 1999 TV series Total Recall 2070 to the Blade Runner universe. Many consider the series a sequel to, or at least set in, the same universe as Blade Runner. Some truth actually lies in this assumption. Total Recall 2070 was based on two works by Phillip K.

Dick: the short story, We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (on which the film Total Recall is based), and the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, on which Blade Runner is based. As of 2015, a sequel was announced but with no release date given. Ridley Scott will not return to direct the movie but Harrison Ford is said to return as Deckard. Games and comics Edit PC game cover. There are two computer games based on the film, one for Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum by CRL Group PLC (1985) based on the music by Vangelis (due to licensing issues), and another action adventure PC game by Westwood Studios (1997). The latter game featured new characters and branching storylines based on the Blade Runner world, coupled with voice work from some of the original cast from the film. A prototype board game was also created in California (1982) that had game play similar to Scotland Yard. The cult computer game wikipedia:Snatcher was heavily influenced by Blade Runner, so much so that websites exist detailing the numerous similarities between the two.

Archie Goodwin scripted the comic book interpretation, A Marvel Comics Super Special: Blade Runner , published September, 1982. The Jim Steranko cover leads into a 45-page adaptation illustrated by the team of Al Williamson, Carlos Garzon, Dan Green and Ralph Reese. (This adaptation includes one possible explanation of the title's significance in story context: the narrative line, "Blade runner. You're always movin' on the edge.") Also there was a parody comic of Blade Runner called "Blade Bummer" by Crazy comics. Curse Edit Among the folklore that has grown up around the film over the years has been the belief that the film was a curse to the companies whose logos were displayed prominently in some scenes. While they were market leaders at the time, many of them experienced disastrous setbacks over the next decade and hardly exist today: Atari, which dominated the home video game market when the film came out, never recovered from the next year's downturn in the industry, and by the 1990s had ceased to exist as anything more than a brand, a back catalog of games and some legacy computers.

The Bell System monopoly was broken up that same year, and some of the resulting Regional Bell operating companies have since changed their names and merged with each other or other companies. Pan American World Airways went bankrupt in 1991, after a decade of mounting losses. Cuisinart similarly went bankrupt in 1989. Coca-Cola could have joined this list in the wake of its failed introduction of New Coke three years later, but has since experienced a thirty fold increase in share price.

See also Blade Runner (Philosophical Films) BLADE RUNNER (1982) PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES: Personal identity CHARACTERS: Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), Tyrell (owner of Tyrell Corporation), Sabastian (again genetic engineer), Rachael (Sean Young, replicant), Leon (replicant), Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer, replicant), Pris (Daryl Hannah, replicant) OTHER FILMS BY DIRECTOR RIDLEY SCOTT: Alien (1979), Thelma and Louise (1991), Gladiator (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), Matchstick Men (2003) SYNOPSIS: Blade Runner is based on the science fiction novel by Phillip K. Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, who also authored the story behind the film Total Recall (1990). Set in the future, around the year 2020, Deckard is a retired law enforcement officer who is coerced back into service for a special mission. A group of enslaved replicants (genetically engineered human-like creatures) revolted on another planet.

As the replicants were designed to live for only a few years, they returned to Earth to find a way of extending their lifespan. Deckard must hunt them down and kill them. He visits the Tyrell Corporation, manufacturers of the replicants, and meets Rachael, a worker there who is unaware that she is a replicant herself. Deckard discovers this fact and informs her of it, which forces her to be on the run as well. Deckard tracks down and kills all the rebel replicants but one, and in the mean time shelters Rachael and becomes her lover. The remaining replicant learns from Tyrell (founder of the corporation) that his lifespan cannot be extended. He then expires while in combat with Deckard. Deckard and Rachael make their escape together. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards (art direction and visual effects). DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: 1. A key puzzle raised by Blade Runner is whether we can definitively distinguish between real humans and artificially engineered replicants. Suppose that no test (either objective or subjectively introspective) could show this for sure. Would that mean that a given replicant was indeed fully human? 2.

One of the more dramatic philosophical points made in the movie is that we canï¿½t trust our memories: they may have been implanted in us regardless of how true they seem. What is the main reason that we trust our memories as more or less accurate accounts of our past events? 3. Rachael became convinced that she was a replicant when Deckard described some of her private childhood memories to her. What would it take for you to seriously question the truth of your memories and consider instead that they might implanted in you or the result of a drug or mental defect? 4. The directorï¿½s cut version of the movie made an alteration to the original theatrically-released story line: at the close of the movie it seems clear that Rachael has a short replicant life-span, rather than a full human life-span. Assuming that she and Deckard safely escape, does this make the ending that much less happy? 5. Another alteration in the directorï¿½s cut is that questions are raised about whether Deckard himself is a replicant. What is the main indication of this, and what sort of impact should this have on Deckard, particularly in view of his feelings about Rachael? 6.

A moral message of the movie is that it was wrong to enslave the replicants and use them as forced labor since they were so human-like in both appearance and thought process. What would need to be different about replicants in order for us to feel that it was OK to use them for labor? REVIEWS This film pulls no punches in asking the most troubling questions about artificial intelligence and cloning. What is a human? If it looks just like one, but we made it, can we kill it? This is Deckers job, a ï¿½Blade Runnerï¿½ played by Harrison Ford. When Replicants, the pseudo clone slaves of human society, run amok (or in this case, return to earth, which they are banned from) itï¿½s the job of a Blade Runner to find and ï¿½retireï¿½ them. They are spoken about in a very particular language, so as to reinforce the nonhuman status they retain. Decker has already found himself morally opposed to killing replicants at the onset of the film, or if heï¿½s not morally opposed, heï¿½s at least very tired of it.

When itï¿½s made clear to him the dire consequences of his refusal, he takes up the hunt again. He begins by visiting Tyrell Corp., the company that designs and produces replicants. There he is introduced to Rachel, a female replicant whoï¿½s been implanted with memories so as to make her more stable. From personal experience I might add that, if stability was the goal, they might have rethought making her female. Anyway, Decker falls in love with Rachel, and this further complicates things, because heï¿½s supposed to kill her too. This raises questions about love in general. If he can fall in love with her, is she human? Or is he just kind of pervy? Would engaging her in a relationship be the equivalent of bestiality? -- Reviewer from Hell ï¿½Blade Runnerï¿½ is a very good movie and raises many interesting questions concerning human questions of personhood. The movie follows the rough police officer Deckard, who is a blade runner, his main mission is to hunt down and eliminate the replicates who had hijacked an earth-bound ship. The movie raises five particular philosophical questions.

First it asks us ï¿½What does it mean to be human?ï¿½ Does this mean we have actual flesh and blood or is it more to do with our awareness of our environments? This question leads us to the second question the movie raises which is, ï¿½what is reality?ï¿½ Which corallites with Descartes philosophy of our mind/body relationship and how can we really know the replicates are thinking creatures. The third question the movie raises is the ï¿½Difference between real memories and artificial memories?ï¿½ How can we tell these two apart, and according to philosophers how can we know that these are not injected into us by some other entity like with Descartes ï¿½evil genius theory. The fourth question the movie asks an important question concerting human relationship with their environment, such as being raised in a society where people accept the mistreatment of a particular minority group. The finial, although there are many others one could raise, is the question of the moral issues concerning the creation of artificial peoples.

Should we be able to create a person for the purpose of exploitation and a ï¿½means to an ends?ï¿½ This question appeals to the first question what does it mean to be a person, and not a man-made tool to use? ï¿½ A.V. Blade Runner was a great film that I really enjoyed. I enjoyed it so much that I went out and bought the Blue Ray edition, which contained all five versions of the film. The film features a cop named Deckard, his mission is to hunt down and ï¿½retireï¿½ (kill) these robots that escaped a harsh planet. The main philosophical points revolve around artificial intelligence and morals. Where do we separate humans from robots that are so technologically advanced they can be recognized as humans? Is it right to kill a robot who is a replica of an actual human? These questions and more are presented throughout the film and give it much substance. This is a great movie from beginning to end; however, I highly recommend going to Wikipedia or some movie database site to obtain a cheat sheet when watching this film. It is way too easy to get lost and misunderstand Ridley Scottï¿½s vision of this film.

I watched this movie without the film noir commentary that Harrison Ford was so adamantly against, and found myself lost in 80ï¿½s synthesizer music that is so richly heard in the movie. Overall, I really enjoyed this movie, and I can see why there is a cult following for this masterpiece of filmmaking. ï¿½ J.M. Blade Runner: A cult classic since it got bad reviews when it opened in theaters, Blade Runner was one of the movies I was most looking forward to see. I enjoyed the special effects and other sci-fi add-ons, but what got me the most is how despite appearing to be an action film, Blade Runner has many dramatic, narrative levels, and film noir conventions, such as the femme fatale, protagonist-narration, dark and shadowy cinematography, and the questionable moral outlook of the hero, extended to include his humanity. It's 2019 and the world has changed. Technology has give mankind access to the stars, but there are bigger issues here on Earth. Replicants - synthetic creations that so closely resemble human beings as to be almost undetectable - are not allowed on the home world. They are for space exploration only.

Yet a group of the most advanced replicants have returned to Earth in a stolen spacecraft. They are at loose and considered dangerous. Their leader, Roy, has one goal: to prolong his life. As a safety device, replicants are created with a limited four year life span. After that, they expire. Roy wants to live as long as any human. Blade runners are the bounty hunters employed to track down and "retire" replicants who violate the law and come to Earth. Rick Deckard was one of the best, but he's out of the business. The central ethical question posed by Blade Runner has been a popular one in science fiction: what is life? It's the same issue pondered by Mary Shelly in Frankenstein, translated into the far future. Man is no longer building misshapen creatures out of disused body parts. Now the creatures are nearly perfect replicas of human beings. They live, eat, drink, make love, think, feel, and perish. But do they have souls? Is Deckard merely consigning scrap to the slag heap or is he killing? That question has worn on him. He's the best there ever was, but that was in the past. Now, he's burned out.

The film is as much of a morality play as it is an action/adventure story. The question of whether or not the replicants are "alive" echoes themes from countless novels, movies, and television series. Blade Runner didn't invent the issue but it arguably did more to popularize it than any other science fiction has. ï¿½ B.C. The futuristic backdrop of 2019 Los Angeles immediately sets the tone for Blade Runner. This story has its requisite outlaw hero Rick Deckard, his scandalous love interest Rachael, and plenty of action-packed chase scenes. The main issue Blade Runner deals with is what it means to be human. Rachael, although she is in fact a replicant, firmly believes that she is human and that all the memories she has are hers until she finds out otherwise. This raises an interesting question: How do we know that any of the memories we have are real? How do we even know that we are in fact human? In this world, it is quite difficult to tell who the replicants are just based on appearance. They seem to be human and have thoughts and feelings similar to humans.

If you use the popular argument from analogy to determine whether the person youï¿½re talking to has a human mind, often the replicant will seem to be human. Using this logic, replicants are human. However, we know that theyï¿½re not human, so the problem of identifying the humans and replicants still exists. Translated into the real world, this movie suggests that even if we reason that another being displays the same emotions and reactions to stimuli as we do, we can never be totally certain that what we are talking to is actually human. ï¿½ D.O. Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, serves as a glimpse in to a society that has mastered the art of replicating human beings through genetic engineering. Set in a futuristic setting the audience becomes infatuated with the prospects of technology and the dangers of artificial intelligence. Philosophical themes of personal identity are offered in this film, as Rachel is the first among the replicants that can live for more than four years. She is certain that she is human and as they had done in previous models they incorporate memories for her to look back on. These memories serve as a basis to falsely authenticating real human experiences that make a replicant think they are human.

Blade runners have to track these replicants down and kill them. These replicants are extremely dangerous and not as fragile as humans. They have superhuman-like qualities and have a sense of personhood and value for their own life. ï¿½ D.M. Blade Runner: This 1980ï¿½s science fiction thriller takes a look at the philosophical arguments regarding genetic engineering and its social implications. The film portrays a dystopian Los Angeles in 2019: a time in which the development of human genetic engineering had reached its peak, and clones called ?replicants? are created and virtually indistinguishable from other humans. However, a replicant revolt occurs on a distant planet, and the use of all replicants is banned. Main character Rick Deckerd, played by Harrison Ford, is a Blade Runner: a police officer whose main job is to hunt and kill replicants. However, the film later explores the ethical implications of genetic engineering as the replicants develop the ability to respond and interact with others emotionally. At this point, supplemented to their indistinguishable physical appearance, the replicants now have similar emotional responses and relationships.

This ethical issue is fully explored once Deckerd and one of the replicants he is hunting, named Rachel, fall in love. Later, another instance in which a human and non-human were made to be indistinguishable occurred when Sebastian (seemingly one of the replicants), is actually found out to be human with a genetic disorder that causes him to age quickly. Thus, in a world where genetically designed humans are indistinguishable save a few qualities (such as here with their short life spans), it creates a social issue for those suffering similar fates, whether replicant or not. ï¿½ J.D. Blade Runner: The main question of Blade Runner, to me, is whether Deckard is a replicant. The rest of the movie prior to the end just leads the audience to that question. The struggle between Deckard and Roy Batte and even Rachel and her father is just building to the end. The question also is asked if it is better to be happy with your given situation (i.e. Deckard is a replicant and he and Rachel off into the sunset) or to question and reveal all of the hidden truths (i.e. Deckard gets tested himself).

The film is a grand beautiful science fiction classic asking a simple philosophical question: What is human, and what is happiness as a human? A simple question with a complex answer. Blade Runnerï¿½s based on a book, and that book has Deckard have long emotive thought sequences that allow the reader to see the deeper turmoil within Deckard; and that is something that the film lacks. The struggle within the person deciding what is real to him is hard to translate in a movie; and the attempt to add Harrison Fordï¿½s voiceover is another failed attempt. The voice over adds some additional dimensions to the emotional debate within Deckard, but ultimately, the conflict does not translate. I also enjoyed the attempt to decipher what the future would look like. The Asian influenced culture, along with a heavy commercialized society seems to make the movie relevant to any time period since especially in America. ï¿½ L.T. Blade runner: I am not a big sci-fi geek but I really love this movie. It has been a classic in my mind for a very long time. This is another sort of dystopian future themed movie.

We have created artificial intelligence to help make our lives easier by doing jobs that another human being couldnï¿½t possibly do, like mining on another planet, but there seems to be a glitch in the system. One of the replicants (the A.I.) starts killing people. One of the big themes here is, once again, technology running away with itself. It brought up a couple of points for me. One is that if we created another intelligent life form, would it have the capacity to feel emotions like anger, fear, or even hatred? If so, what would they think of being used as mere instruments for our purposes. They would not be expected to have desires or aspirations of their own. They would not be human and so their feelings would not matter to us. They would simply be tools at our disposal. I know that I would be upset and angered knowing that all I was to someone was a means to an end and I that I was expected to serve without a single consideration to my feelings. I think the film does a great job capturing that thought. The replicants do bear the burden the burden of emotion in fact it is exactly what drives the main villain to kill. He does not want to do.

Fear of death is definitely a human trait. ï¿½ J.R. Blade runnerï¿½s most philosophically striking questions are those centered around what it means to be human. The movie takes place in a futuristic Los Angeles, where artificially created humans are a reality. These replicants are beings whose biological makeup is almost identical to humans, except for a few engineered modifications which prevent the replicants from living very long relative to natural human beings. Of course, there is always the overriding question as to whether Deckard (the main character) himself is a replicant. Indeed there is no way of really knowing which humans are, in fact, human. Many of the replicants have false memories implanted in them so that they believe they have lived a full human life. But the real question is how do we define ourselves as humans? Do we define ourselves solely on the biological characteristics, or is there something more that makes a person ?human. If it is solely on the biological aspects of a being, then replicants are clearly not human, for they have genetic differences.

Yet, as the movie progresses, we come to see that some of the replicants, particularly Roy and Pris, are capable of being more ï¿½humanï¿½ than Deckard. Deckard is cold and uncaring, whereas Roy and Pris are two replicants who seem to convey genuine love for each other. And beyond that Roy conveys strong feelings of empathy and respect for Deckard. So, I think, the suggestion becomes that we cannot so easily delineate what it is and what it isnï¿½t to be human. ï¿½ T.E. Ridley Scott - IMDb IMDb Producer | Director | Production Designer Ridley Scott was born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear (then County Durham) on 30 November 1937. His father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the UK and Europe before they eventually returned to Teesside. Scott wanted to join Army (his elder brother Frank had already joined the ...

See full bio » Born: a list of 25 people created 26 Feb 2011 a list of 23 people created 13 Oct 2012 a list of 27 people created 08 Jun 2014 a list of 23 people created 06 Jan 2015 a list of 22 people created 9 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Ridley Scott's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 37 wins & 85 nominations. See more awards » Known For | Edit Filmography 2015-2016 The Man in the High Castle (TV Series) (executive producer - 20 episodes) - Detonation (2016) ... (executive producer) - Loose Lips (2016) ... (executive producer) - Fallout (2016) ... (executive producer) - Land O' Smiles (2016) ... (executive producer) - Kintsugi (2016) ...

(executive producer) 2016 Killing Reagan (TV Movie) (executive producer) 2016 Mindhorn (executive producer) 2016 BrainDead (TV Series) (executive producer - 13 episodes) 2016 Jean-Claude Van Johnson (TV Movie) (executive producer) 2009-2016 The Good Wife (TV Series) (executive producer - 156 episodes) - End (2016) ... (executive producer) 2014 Italy in a Day (Documentary) (executive producer) 2014 1.24.14 (Short) (producer) - Episode #1.1 (2014) ...

(executive producer) 2013 Killing Kennedy (TV Movie) (executive producer) 2013 Killing Kennedy (Documentary) (producer) 2013 The Vatican (TV Movie) (executive producer) 2012 The Polar Bears (Short) (producer) 2012 Labyrinth (TV Mini-Series) (producer - 2 episodes) 2011 Life in a Day (Documentary) (executive producer) 2010 Nomads (TV Movie) (executive producer) 2010 The Pillars of the Earth (TV Mini-Series) (executive producer - 9 episodes) - Illumination (2010) ... (executive producer) - New Beginnings (2010) ... (executive producer) - Witchcraft (2010) ... (executive producer) 2010 The Real Robin Hood (TV Movie documentary) (producer) 2005-2010 Numb3rs (TV Series) (executive producer - 119 episodes) - Episode #1.1 (2008) ...

(executive producer) 2007 Law Dogs (TV Movie) (executive producer) 2006 Tristan + Isolde (executive producer) 2006 Orpheus (TV Movie) (executive producer) 2002 Beat the Devil (Short) (executive producer) 2002 Hostage (Short) (executive producer) 2000 The Last Debate (TV Movie) (executive producer) 2000 Gladiator (executive producer - uncredited) 1999 RKO 281 (TV Movie) (executive producer) 1997-1999 The Hunger (TV Series) (executive producer - 4 episodes) 1994 Monkey Trouble (executive producer) 1993 Elephant (TV Short) (associate producer) 1965 Boy and Bicycle (Short) (producer) Hide 1965 Reluctant Bandit (TV Movie) 1964 Singalong Saturday (TV Series) (3 episodes) 1965 Boy and Bicycle (Short) (written by) Hide 2001 Hannibal (executive

 music producer - uncredited) Hide 1999 The Alien Legacy (Video documentary) (archival material) Hide 2010 London Boulevard (special thanks) 2008 The Rhapsody (Short) (very special thanks) 2007 99 francs (special thanks) 2007 Boot Polish (Short) (very special thanks) 2016 20/20 (TV Series documentary) Himself - Director, The Martian Himself - Director (as Sir Ridley Scott) 2016 Today (TV Series) 2015 Celebrity Conversations (TV Series) Himself 2010-2015 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Himself 2012-2015 Janela Indiscreta (TV Series) Himself 2015 CBS This Morning (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2014 Rencontres de cinéma (TV Series) Himself 2002-2014 Film 2016 (TV Series) Himself - Interviewee / Himself 2014 World Premiere (TV Series) Himself 2013-2014 Special Look (TV Series

) Himself 2014 Weekend Ticket (TV Series short) Himself 2014 The Counselor: Sky Movies Special (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1988-2013 Cinema 3 (TV Series) Himself 2012 Bergmans video (TV Mini-Series documentary) Himself (2012) 2000-2012 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) Himself 2012 Ad Men (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2011-2012 Prophets of Science Fiction (TV Series documentary) Himself 2010 Alien: Enhancement Pods (Video documentary) Himself 2010 The Real Robin Hood (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2010 2010 Britannia Awards (TV Special) Himself 2009 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Himself 2008 Eigo de shabera-night (TV Series) Himself 2008 Séries express (TV Series) Himself 2007 All Our Variant Futures (Video documentary short) Himself 2007 Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling (Video documentary short) Himself 2002-2

007 Charlie Rose (TV Series) Himself / Himself - Guest 2007 Postcards from Provence (Video documentary) Himself 2006 60 Minutes (TV Series documentary) Himself - Director (segment "Explaining Russell Crowe ") 2006 Black Rain: Post-Production (Video documentary short) Himself 2006 Colors of the Crusade (Video documentary short) Himself 2006 Creative Accuracy: The Scholars Speak (Video documentary short) Himself 2006 Kingdom of Heaven: Cast Rehearsals (Video documentary short) Himself 2006 Unholy War: Mounting the Siege (Video documentary short) Himself 2005 Close-up (TV Series documentary) Himself 2005 The 100 Greatest War Films (TV Movie documentary) Himself (as Sir Ridley Scott) 2005 Hannity & Colmes (TV Series) Himself 2005 History vs.

Hollywood (TV Series documentary) Himself 2005 The Big Story (TV Series) Himself 2005 The Culture Show (TV Series documentary) Himself 2005 MovieReal: Kingdom of Heaven (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2005 The Suite with Dave Karger (TV Series documentary) Himself - Guest (2005) 2004 Hollywood Greats (TV Series documentary) Himself 2004 Filmland (TV Series documentary) Himself 2003 Tinseltown TV (TV Series) Himself 2003 Je suis venu(e) vous dire (TV Series short) Himself 2003 DVD Discoveries (Video documentary) Himself (Behind the Behind the Scenes featurette) (uncredited) 2002 The Hollywood Machine (TV Series documentary) Himself 2002 + de cinéma (TV Series documentary short) Himself 2002 Channel 4 News (TV Series) Himself 2002 Hollywood, Inc.

(TV Series documentary) Himself 2002 Hollywood History (TV Series documentary) Himself 2002 The Men from the Agency (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2001 The 100 Greatest Films (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2001 Alien Evolution (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2000 Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1999 The Alien Legacy (Video documentary) Himself - Director 1997 Hollywood Halloween (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1997 The Directors (TV Series documentary) Himself 1992 The Making of 'Alien 3' (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1992 Omnibus (TV Series documentary) Himself 1991 Reflections on 'Citizen Kane' (TV Short documentary) Himself 1991 Días de cine (TV Series) Himself 1991 E.T.

- Entretenimento Total (TV Series) Himself 1990 The Horror Hall of Fame (TV Movie documentary) Himself 1990 Signals (TV Series documentary) Himself 1988 Bains de minuit (TV Series) Himself 1988 The Media Show (TV Series) Himself 1979 Giger's Alien (Short documentary) Himself 2014 The Drunken Peasants (TV Series) Himself 2012 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Himself 2012 Prophets of Science Fiction (TV Series documentary) Himself 2009 España, plató de cine (TV Movie documentary) Himself (uncredited) 2007 60 Minutes (TV Series documentary) Himself - Director (segment "Explaining Russell Crowe ") 2005 Cinema mil (TV Series) Himself 2002 The 'Alien' Saga (TV Movie documentary) Himself (uncredited) Personal Details Other Works: 1984: Directed the famous Super Bowl ad for Apple Computers inspired by the book "1984".

See more » Publicity Listings: 1 Biographical Movie | 5 Print Biographies | 1 Portrayal | 15 Interviews | 11 Articles | 2 Pictorials | See more » Alternate Names: Did You Know? Personal Quote: The digital and theatrical markets are two different marketplaces. I think the digital marketplace - thank God for it! - is like having a book on the shelf: so you can actually go to that book and if it's four hours long, you can put it on pause, you can have a beer - no one's counting. See more » Trivia: Directed 6 actors in Oscar nominated performances: Geena Davis , Susan Sarandon , Russell Crowe , Joaquin Phoenix , Ruby Dee , and Matt Damon . Crowe won for his performance in Gladiator (2000). See more » Trademark: Frequently uses fast shutter speeds during action scenes. See more » Nickname:

Question: What is the name of the film director whose films include Bladerunner and Gladiator?
Answer: Ridley SCOTT.